The Washington critic., 1887-12-24
JUDGE MARTIN,

JUDGE MARTIN,
the new Representative from Texas, in
the Capitol to-day The two are of about
the same height, and Martin is char
actcr. He is, / imagine, much under
estimated character, too, and he is the
man whom the papers have unjustly
charged with blowing ont the gas at
Willard's Hotel, and with doing other
things hardly consistent with the GUS
toms of our advanced civilization. I1eis
a tall, ulender, wiry man of over six feet
In height, and his hat is black SOM
brero, with rim six inches wide.
He stands straight, carries himself
well, and his fierce eyes look out
from under heavy, bushy brows. He
has curly, glossy dark hair, and his fore
head is rather high. He walks with a
cane, and though he dresses well, ap-
parcntly cares but little about appear
ances. During the opening day OF Con-
gress his vest was held together only by
its lowest button, and, contrary TO the
custom of some of the Congressional
dudes, he did not finger or reiix his
neckte once during the whole days scs-
sion. lie wears black necktie, which
he ties himself, and, on the whole, he is
to my mind rather fine looking man.
He is man Of ability, and his Texas
friends tell me that he will make n stir
in Congress before the session is over.
He was born In Alabama, and was adj
mitted to the bar there. He went TO
Texas when he was 27 years old, and
was a member of the Texas Senate at
so. In 1861 he raised company for the
Confederate army and fought under Lee
until the war closed. He then returned
to Texas, practiced law and served n
term as district attorney. The charge as
to the gas is ridiculous, for he has long
been public man, and imagine that
he knows considerably more than the
correspondents suppose. He has made
a fortune in Texas, and owns large
ranch there. He is sufficiently well oil
to have retired from the practice of the
law, and he comes TO Congress as Dem
ocrat.
JUDGE KELLEr.
by the way, has not been at all well Of
late, but he tells me he soon hopes to
get the malaria out Of his system, and
then "Rchard will be himself again"
His mind, however, is Ms active as il
was when he came to Congress at the
beginning of the war, and hc has now
been in Congress longer than any man
at Washington. He is tall, straight and
slender, and his voice is as strong as
d that of the youngest man in the House.
/ He carries on great amount Of literary
work in addition to his Congressional
duties. and he has now book on the
South in the hands Of his publishers. II
is, Of course, full of protective tariff
( ideas, for Kelley IL nothing If not pro-
terlionisl. He gets through his work by
sticking to ii, and he uses stenopraphcr
/ largely. lie can dictate as iluently rs
hc can write, and his dictated matter is
as concise us though it had been revised
! and re.rcv.scd with the pen in hand.
John $. Barbour, the man who will
take Riidlchcrger's place in the United
States Senate, will be one Of the finest
/ looking men in that body. He is over
six feet high, with shoulders consider
ably over two feet broad and with q
bust measure Of more than forty inches.
, He weighs $50 pounds, and his clothes
arc 'ailor.madc and that TO order, His
head is large and packed with brains.
| His forehead is broad and his face looks
| like that of the millionaire Corcoran
He has shown himself to be man of
ability in the lower house, and he will
cut leading figure on the Democratic
side Of the upper one. lie comes Of one
of the oldest of the +. +. VS., and he
has had ancestors IN the Senate, in the
Cabinet and on the bench.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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